Area Roundup 5-25-10: Big inning lifts Royals

Tuesday

LAWNDALE • The Victor Valley Christian softball team rolled into the quarterfinals of the CIF-Southern Section Division 7 playoffs wth a 21-2 win over Environmental Charter on Tuesday afternoon.

The Royals did most of their damage with a 12-run sixth inning. Elise Westbury and Erica Porter each homered in the inning. Jazzy Hintz and Cambria Chapman had two hits apiece during the rally, and Lauren Mueller and Feliciana Maldonado added one hit each.

Victor Valley Christian plays on the road on Thursday against Capistrano Valley Christian.

Prep Baseball• MARANATHA 5, HESPERIA 1: At Pasadena, the Scorpions fell in a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 second-round game to the defending-champion Minutemen.

Hesperia jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Junior Tyler Iwig reach base and then was advanced to third on Juan Manbusan's double. Iwig then scored on a passed ball.

Maranatha tied it up in the bottom of the first, and the game remained tied until Eric Johnson put Maranatha up for good with a two-run double with two outs in the fifth inning.

"We had our chances, but couldn't get anything across," Hesperia coach Chris Salas said. "The team played well, went out well, just got beat. That was a solid team that we played. There's nothing to be ashamed about."

Manibusan finished the game 2-for-3 with two doubles, while starting pitcher Nathan Mansfield struck out six in five innings and limited the Minutemen's offensive attack until the fifth.

"Mansfield kept us in the game," Salas said. "I'm proud of the way he played."

Prep Softball• SAN GABRIEL MISSION 8, OAK HILLS 4: At San Gabriel, the third-seeded Bulldogs lost to the Pioneers in a CIF-Southern Section Division 6 second-round playoff game.

Pitcher Miranda Gil's third inning home run ignited a four-run rally. But other than that Oak Hills (21-6) failed to generate any other runs. The Bulldogs left the bases loaded twice.

"Our balls went right at them, and theirs into the gaps," Oak Hills coach Kelli Rios said. "We didn't play as sharp as we normally do. We made a couple of errors and they capitalized on every mistake that we made."

Despite the loss, Rios was happy with the season.

"In our first year we went 21-6, which is pretty good for a first-year team," Rios said. "We lost but we got playoff experience. The girls are already chomping at the bit and excited for next year."

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